Mother And Child Suite No.2

Ten Songs from the opera

Ron Whyte, librettist   —   Lee McClure, composer

     Singers:

Judi Silvano, soprano, role: Angelina
Linda LoPresti, mezzo-soprano, role: Mother #2 (Greek chorus)
Holly Durniak, contralto, role: Mother #3 (Greek chorus)

     Musicians:
Bill Grossman, music director, conductor
Mike Finkel, David Runnion – cellists
Neil Swanson, Christopher Vassiliades – pianists

    Artistic Staff:
Stephen McCabe, stage director and costume, props designer

Liz Goodall, props designer

Mother And Child, the film of performance on May 23, 1990 with subtitles can be see at:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtiSiK_hZOA

The Ten Songs are recordings assemble from:

Mother And Child (45 min, film):                                    Mother And Child Suite (14 min)

Staged reading May 23, 1990                                           Concert performance, Sept. 7, 1990
Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, NYC                        Eclectix concert, CAMI Hall, NYC

TIMELINE:

  0:00 She Smiles

  1:03 I Ask You For An Answer

  1:33 Then I will Giver Her To You Now

  1:59 You Don’t Answer

  2:39 transition

  3:00 There Is No God

  3:51 My Poor Baby

  5:24 This Is A Sign

  7:14 The Virgin Has Made A Miracle

  9:02 grand accelerando to Help Call A Priest

10:55 Maybe Someday

11:39     (end – applause)